| Show tUIIANN rrll IIAIIV lln a ese Iml lnadlsr or I Tu hld ecil a II S Srae rmiMliELriilA Pa OTb Cu bintof bole oily are elated over Ibo newi conOrmlug the landing of the haled expedition carried by rise Inl erlThreo Founds The Information came directly from Dr rorluonde aecretary ol the Itepubllcan govern mol wbo li I now sellS 1retldeut lie lanacnurlat Cubllai mountain A ood teller tall of tbe prepara lion made for teveral weeka by the tipanlib omroenJer In 1uerto 1rlnol pe GCnernl Atoll with the Idea of aUenklng cud ctpturlng the naturally tortlrlid rebel capital Ueneril Mella enl Brigadier Uineral Arloto with 2000 Infantry And 400 cavalry to ttorm tbo outpoiti at lbs fool of Cubllalai mountain ovon mIle from the bead quartiri of the government The blat Cuban force at Cubllai numbered Oem thin 1000 men A lW llgbt cannon were advantageouily placed amouj ttie hose rook far 0100 the mountain Mu Ueneral Arloeo lull the oily ol 1uettolrloclpeon May 20 and on the SSIh Woe encamped near Ibo 1ario Marl named In honor of Ibe late Cuban preildonU He did not attempt an attack chat night but on the mom log of the iih tbe Cuban gum began In cud lie ordered or-dered I forward movement For two hours the flrel encircling rldgu ol mountain the Iloo lu protected troop but nbou Cartoiui force reached bloc 110 ond plalu B fierce lire front Ibo rocky rmlale obove wllhoed hIs COIIDO and be ordered B hasty retreat Mauy 01 Iso tipanlib dead and wounded wire borne away by borIc comrtdci but over a hundred were left among the tick on the leoond plain amoDI On Ibo morning of Ibe 30th Arlotd moved lu Ibo direction uf 1uerlo Irlnolpu nnd a lecoud attack woo not eiptcted by 1retldent Cunero flue IdIot viewed tbe onetided battle mm Ibo lummll of Uubltaa and Ibo laller deciarei li much elated over the telling vlcttry |
